The soft drinks industry levy, the ‘sugary drinks tax’, in England was followed by a drop in the number of cases of obesity among older primary school children. This is according to research led by the Medical Research Council’s (MRC) Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge. Taking into account current trends in obesity, their estimates suggest that around 5,000 cases of obesity per year may have been prevented in year 6 girls alone. The study, published in PLOS Medicine, looked at the impact of the levy on reception age…
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